St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-06
! STORM OF BALLOTS
By Which the Blatant Socialists and
Their Red Flag Were Showed Under
at Chicago.
Democrats and Republicans United in
Vindioating the City's Fame and
Rebuking Anarchy,
And. as Result They Piled Up 3D..
900 Majority for Roche for
Mayor.
The So-Called Labor Ticket Emerges
from the Shower With single
Alderman.

CHICAGO, April 5.-Ine So-calieu
United Labor party polled to-day one-half
the number of votes its leaders had pre-
dicted three nights ago for Robert Nelson,
their candidate for mavOr. distinctly de-
clared for the red flag. He said in puolic
if Sunday school children could march IN
procession with their chosen. banners and
no American flag. he saw no reason WHY
workingmen, if equally orderly, could not
do the same even if the color OF their pan
ner was red. Since then the campaign has
been fought solely on that issue, and the
result is a surprise to every one, SOCIALISTS
and anti-sOcialists alike. Two Unlted
Labor aldermen were the only success
full men of that part. Their general
ticket is buried under majority OF
nearly 50. 900 votes. 1t was only last night
that the socialist organizer. Gruehiiut'
made the assertion that the seven con-
demned anarchists would be saved by MS
party polling at least their IS, 900 pledged
votes. electng Socialistc treasurer, tneir
entire West town ticket and six out OF nine
aldermen. The party polled in round num-
hers about 90, ZOO votes. 1--WE have only
held the old socialistic votes said Gruenhut
sadly tonight. 1t was
4 PERFECT DAY
so far as sunshine was concerned. The air
was chilly and raw, but it is conceded that
no voters were kept at home by the weather.
There was notable absence OF
drunkenness. The United Labor party
has made it a campaign cry tnat
not man OH their ticket would owe his
election to votes purchased with whisky. A
socialistic ticket peddler dropping dead at
the polls, probably of heart disease, was
the nearest approach to tragcal incident.
Not single serious event occurred during
the day. In the absenca of Democratic
ticket the Democrats who voted cast their
ballots almost exclusively for the Repub-
lican candidate 1t is estimated that about
10 per cent of the Democrats
FAILED TO VOTE,
not wishing to vote a Republican ticket
and unwilling to endorse the candidates
opposing. Through the day the Repub-
rcans and their Democratic allies indnstrl-
ously distributed flaming dodgers,
presenting the issue of the election
as the American flag against the
red. The United Labormen endeavored TO
meet this with an equally hiphly colored
circular charging that Roche was an
orangeman. The plan failed signally and
one of the characteristic incidents of the
dav was the arrest in the Fifteenth ward by
Officer John Ryan of Herman Greenmeyer,
4 German socialist, for too obtrusively cir
eulating the antl-Roche circulars. The
arrest nearly led to riot but Greenmeyer
was released on promising to desist Sim
lar scenes were enacted i'll other wards,
and the Labor leaders charge
UNWARRANTED INTERFERENCE
On the part OF the police. 1t was gener-
ally expected that the noted sociallstic
knight of Labor. George Schllling, would
be elected alderman from the Fourth ward,
but at the last moment his strength was
diverted oy Riordan, Democrat. In many
of the wards ladies distributed
Prohibition tickets. The candidates of
that party drew about their usual votes At
midnight the returns show the Labor party
elected only one man in the entire city,
Conner, their candidate for alderman in the
Fifth wald. Devoerak, their alderman in
the Sixth, Is defeated. Conner's majority
is less than 400. The total vote for mayor
is: Roche (Rep.), 51,0S9; Nelson, %, S47;
Roche's majority, 2S,2 241. The Republicans
made a clean sweep with their city and
town tickets, except that Samuel Chase.
the Democratic candidate for assessor, of
the north town polls, went through. The
Democrats elected one alderman, James L.
Appleton, in the Second ward. In row
late tonight. growing out of a too enthusi-
astic celebration of the Republican victory,
q young man named Grove was fatally shot
by a bartender. The bartender was
promptly arrested.